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lip- g I I p ^ VOL. 80?NO 14 CHESTERFIELD, S. C? THURSDAY. .V1AHC1I 31, 1921 #1.50 A YEAR IM ADVANCF WHOLESALE MURDER REVEALED ON GEORGIA PLANTATION Covington, Ga., March 20.?Six bodies of negroes have ben recovered late today in connection with peonage investigations being conducted in the ad.'oinirg county of Jasper. Three were previously found in the Yellow River. The search continues for two more bodies said to be in the Alcovy River. Atlanta, March 27,-?With two more bodies recovered from the Alcovy River on the Williams farm in Jasper county touay, mo usi 01 negroes alleged to have been killed -by John Williams, the owner of-the plantation, and Clyde Manning, a negro employe,1 was incveascd to eleven and investigations by county officials arid federal authorities inquiring into alleged: pronage cases, to ascertain whether there are other victims. An inquest held today over eight of the bodies resulted in a verdict declaring the negroes came to their deaths at the hands of the negro, Clyde Manning, and naming Williams as an nccesory. Bo*h Williams and the r.e?.ro ave u d t arrest and held in the county jail at Atlanta. MANY DIFFICULTIES IN STOPPING EOOZE TRADE An outline of the dif.i ulties presented in enforcing the National Pro. hibiliou Act is presented by John F. Kramer, fo<:o ah pr hit- on commissioner, in an article in the national organ of the American Legion, the American Legion Weekly. Nr. ?; c! -r.i'i^i h's troubles under se. f-a ' t : , as follows: The fco"d"i i*ch:l ti n problem; the illicit di-.t Hi g of whiskey; the provison for the use of intoxicating liquors in the manufacture of patent, pafcnted and proprietary medicines, hnir tonics, extracts and the like; the evislor.ee of large' quanties of liquor in bond; the use of alcohol in the manufacture of ccrerl beverages; home brewing and ui.ar iny,, i'.iiu uiQ iwi iii.iiiun ui icliable organizations of prohibiten agents. Despite those difficulties, Mr. Kramer says that the work of enforcement is. becoming easier and that the prohibtibn authorities are gaining ground all the while. "In a comparatively short time," Mr. Kramer declares, "the attitude of people toward liquor will have so changed that it will be an easy matter i to carry out the provisions of the' law." McDUFFIE?MORRIS Married Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. F. M. Cannon, Mr. John W. McDufiiie, and Miss Rosa May Morris. These are both popular young people of the Brock's Mill eommunily and many friends extend congratulations and best wishes. PATRICK SCHOOL AT RUBY The Patrick school will give an en-! tertainment at the Rubv school build ing Friday evening, April the 1st. j The entertainment is part music and pnrt minstrel. Admission 15 and 2f> cents. Play begins promptly at 8 o'clock. Everybody come. i VI GENUINE "BU LL" DURHAM tobacco makes 50 flood cigarettes for /^N IOC CP F and Our Good ^ 1 PRINTING] ^WiUSave YooJ ANYWAY.YOU FIGURE WATER-WORKS V/ILL PAY V I Facts and figures have Jieen callcc for in the discussion of the proposed waterworks and sewerage system foi Chesterfield. Here are a few: It is doubtful if anyone in town if . better prepared to quote figures on ini purancc than Mr. George Eddins, oi the Chesterfield Loan & Insurance Co. Mr. Eddins places the insurable '< property in Chesterfield at nearly ! $.'1,000,000.00. The premium rate is ! JlhflVP K) nnv A.?.l R-C ? fV' ~ ? 1-v.? Vtuv, nuu .>1 r. Rdllllis ou<?ht to know. But to be perfectly safc the figure s \y111 be placed at $2,006,000.00 insuri able property and the rate at 2 p r cent. That makes Chesterfield's nnnu~! insurance bill total $10,000.00. Now the reduction in premiums i waterworks is installed will run from 12 to 24 per cent., with a frond aver are of 15 per cent. This 15 per cent, reduction on $40,000.00 will nmoun: to $6,000.00 per year. Gentle reader, please keep that $6,000.00 saved oi insurance premiums in mind for one minute. The contemplated improvements will cost about $75,000.00, for which bond/ bearing 6 per cent, per annum are to be floated. The annual interest to be paid by the tax payers of the town of Chesterfield will be $4,500.00. This leaves for the entire community n clear xavinj? of $1,500.00. It often spells ruin to an individual to save or accumulate too much money. But we cannot see that the savin*? of $1,500.00 per year on insurance policies need absolutely destroy this jcood little town. The retiring of the bonds have not yet boon figured for the reason that municipalities seldom, if ever, retire such bonds. There is no need to. They may and most likely will be refloated every 30 years. Bui for the sake of rrr ui.ent grant that we wish to make . clean g:fe of this system to our posterity. Th it is lnudible, if we feel able. To retire $75^000.00 in 30 years will require an additional amount to be raised by taxation of $S95.00. That will still leave a neat sum on the credit side of the account. And then don't forget that many individuals will fell justified in reducing the amount of insurance, thereby making an additional actual saving not to be sneezed at. Nearly all the estimates that have caused so much heart-failure, consternation, pandemonium etc. etc., predicting ruination in Chesterfield for generations yet unborn are based on the assumption of a stagnated Chesterfield. That is, in figuring taxes for ihe future, figures are based on a population and property value just the same as today. To get a glimpse of Chesterfield's future, it is only necessary to take a look at Chesterfield's past. Thirty years ago the population of Chesterfield was less than 200 people. Today it is a little less than 1,000. There has been an increase of popi lation in thirty years of more than -100 per cent. If the* increase continues at the same ratio, for the next thirty venrs Chesterfield will he a thriving little eitv nf oKmC A ooo ? ? * WV -.(WWW ,.WWH.t-. The property values for Chesterfield thirty years ago, all property, ineluding real estate, is placed by our oldest inhabitants at less than $200,000.00. The insurable property todny is conservatorily estimated at $2,000,000.00, not including real estate. At this ratio, bO years hence the infurable property for Chesterfield will far exceed $20,000,000.00. Doesn't it seem barely possible that our posterity will be nble to take carc of tht, little tax levy? This is a crisis in the life of Chesterfield. She has grown slowly and te 'dily up to the present, but she has reached a stage where further progress is barred unless she takes one big *I p. She has oweed to be a little illage end can no longer continue as one. If she does not take this step, not only will her growth cease but n retrograde movement must follow, This movement' has begun already in fact. During the past five years this town has lost by fire about $500,000.00. Af a result of these tiros the town if : mailer todny than it was six monthf , ago. Capital is timid. It must be sure 1 of protection before tnltincr ? riuV f, ? " ? Capital would bo fool-hardly to creel new brick building* on the site of the old ones in view of Chesterfield's five year record. Should fire agerin visit the nortl sdc of Main street it is very doubtfu if it would ever again be rebuilt. The tendency already is to erect corrugga tod iron buildings down by the rail oad. DEATH OF MRS. LESENE Mrs. M. E. Lesoane, of Lynchburg sister of Mrs. F. M. Cannon, of Ches icrfield, died at her home last Mon day nftevnoon. Mrs. Cannon had gone to visit hoi ' bister, whom she knew was sick, bu aid rot know the HONOR ROLL FOR RUBY HIGH SCHOOI I 1st Grade: J. W. Crawley, Mollii , McCreight, Grace Shaw, Gladys Thur man. * Advanced 1st Grade: Nettie Allen Cleo Allen. 2d Grade: Thomas Burch, Malcoln ! DcPSP- P.hrSstino , ton Hurst, Luke Hancock, Haroh Steen, Rufua Sutton, Connie Tucker Perrie Woodard, Emma Gulledgc, Jin Deese, J. C. Hurst, David Hendrick Dirt Thurman, Raymond Hancock !. Basel Funderburk. i .'?d. Grade: Virginia Crawley, Dor o'.hy Belle Huntley, Laura Copeland V.rla Crawley, Alvin Edgeworth K .ox 'Thurman. 1th Grade: Bob Tucker, Clec Gib s Katie Lee Griggs, Carrisot T ircatt. I 6th"Grade: Duncan Smith, Estelh 1 a man. 7th Grade: Maynottc Smith, Alli< Iv s. a Grade: Eva Eddins, Lula Belh A :t'i, Mildred Graves, Irvis MsNair U):h Grade: Gladys Graves. 11 th Grade: Eleanor Sellers. WILLIAM BROCK Private William Brock, who died ii F.ance in November, 1019, was burier la^: Brock's Mill last Sunday morning i a' 11 o'clock, the funeral services be 1 ! ; T K.. * U ? --- Tn i ambush. They were not seriously in t jured as they were not near enoup) t to get the full load. TJiese ofiicen ! were out and flushed a crap game be . ing carried on by a lot of negroes One of theni pot away, arul when .fait \ er Ropers went to a nepro house neai > to look for one of them, a nepro worn . an held him up with a shotgun. Th< ' j tiler decided that discretion was tlx ! belief part of valor left as the womar 1 ordered him to do, but returned witl > I one of the deputies and arrested th< . ( woman. As he was leavinp the housi . - with the woman under arrest he sav a man across a field, and he took i shot at the officer from behind a ter race. Three men were brought to jai , with the woman, and all were relense< . on bond. NOTICE r i From this time till fall I wil be com t p'o.Ued to collect draying bills eveij . , . ^ v \mi\iuv ivu uy IIIU l\L*v. r. 1Y1 . C innon. Mr. Brock was a son of Mr. ant S'rs. Joel W. Brock, and v.ras little more than a boy when called to the colors. ; i'r. Brock saw service on the bat tlefields and served with distinctior aS a brave young soldier, but the very day that the armistice was sign ed he developed influenza, which was followed by pneumonia, and the noble young life soon passed to it? heavenly reward. Mr. Brock, before he died, realizing; that he could not live, requested that his body Le brought back to the old home church yard for buriel, and his parents and relatives feel more con.foiled in the fact that he now sleeps beneath the? sod of his own homc among his own people. 1 he body, escort* el by a your.g soldier, reached McFarland Saturday afternoon. The casket draped with the American colors and the large crowd r.ttending the funeral attested the popularity of the young man among his own people. Mr. Brock was not only a brave soldier of his own country, but he had also enlisted under the banner of the Cross and was a soldier of the Master. Indeed, it was said of this noble young man, "He has fought a good fight, he has kept the faith." x CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. C. Jim Sellers extend many thanks to their friends and neighbors for the kindnesses extended to them during the illness of their little girl, Margaret. I-lPtt ORUVt The missionary day at Pine Grove Sunday was largely attended. Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. White, ol Chesterfield, spent Sunday with Mr, hite's White's parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. White. Miss Eva Davis, of Shilo community, spent a part of last week with Miss Elatha Mae Thomas. Miss Mndye White spent last weekend with Miss Eunice White. M iss Ola Davis spent the week-one with Miss Maude Hunt. Miss Luis Hunt spent last Thursday nibht witl Misses Connie and Maude Hunt. Mr. Ross'Panken was in this com , niunity Sunday afternoon. ! The following are those who re ceived gifts for attending Sundaj [ school every Sunday in the first quar ! tor. junior el is: Teacher, Miss Violi , Hun.; Ir no Moore, E. B. Eddins . Spurgeon It .or_, Tanley Hunt, Wal , tcr Skipper and Johnie Hinson, ' ANDERSON NEGROES FIRE ON OFFICERS Jailer Steve Rogers and Deputie: , i Skclton and Martin, of Anderson were shot Saturday afternoon fron NEWS IN GENERAL An effort to tret a greater congumpB tion of cotion, the king of crops, is j being madc. by the Cotton Consum1 crs League of America, 4 largely ' through the use of more cotton goods, and to this <md a number of Southern i governors have signed the uroclama. tion asking the people of great j Southland to aid in this cause. The proclamation, which has beep receiv-1 ' ed in Columbia, has already been : 1 signed by Pat M. Neff, governor of , Texas; Alf A. Taylor, governor of , Tennessee; Thomas C. McRaO, governor of Arkansas; Arthur S. Hyde, - governor of Missouri; Lee Mj'Russell, , governor of Mississippi, and *J. B. A. , Robertson, governor of Oklahoma. ! The war finance corporation issued a call for a conference in Wakhinglo.i 1 April 4, of Southern bankerk to discuss methods by which the exportation of Southern agricultural products may be best financed. Announcement of the conference followed! discussion of I he f irmers' problems by the " cabinet after which it said!definite nlans for famiot- voliof kv^k^ki.. 4 __ ?x?~ I Vitvi |fi UUU UJ V .would soon be put forward. ; i L | The body of John Burroughs, nat- j uralist of world renown, who su<fi denly Tuesday morning on a ^asscngj er train near Kingsville, O., ijbw is at r his home by the banks of the^ Hudson 1 . river. There, where Mr. Burroughs had lived since 1878, the bodwwill remain until Saturday afternoln when 1 a private funeral along th? simple ; lines he desired will "be held. nH1 body . will be taken to Roxbury, in me Cats- . kill mountains and buried Sunday the . 84th anniversary of his birth hear the v spot where he was born. *j Former President Wilson was said " to be recovering satisfactorily from 1 an acute attack of indigestion which ! he suffered shortly after noonlFriday. ! Admiral Carey T. Grayson, tne former president's physician, said it prob- , ably would be another day or[two be- < ' fore Mr. Wil on could be considered j as entirely recovered. , The eyes of ex-service men will be ' . on the State of Michigan on 1 tonday, , April I t, when the State boni s bill is voted on at the State electi in. The . bill provides a cash bonus of |16 for .each month of service dn thi World | j War and carries a bond issue pro- ( , vide the funds. The Statelei islature [ enacted the law IflSrtTffiTtUfnTwTth a' , provision that it must have the popu-'. . Inr approval at the April 4 election. | ( I Twelve States have already voted a1 , State bonus. In several others such a|( , law has passed the legislature and i awaits a popular vote. In every State where a vote has been held the bonus ( i has passed by big majorities. Michigan , will be the first State to vote on a j , bonus bill in 1U21, and veterans in . other States are keenly watching the ( j result. j , , j. VAUGHAN ITEMS ; i l, We are sorry to report that Mr. W. > I J. St??ater quite sic!; for the past 1 wee'".-, but we sure hope that he will . I | soon be out again. - i: j The little child of Mr. and Mrs. : ' Jeff Lisenby has been quite sick for 1 the past few days, but glad to say it i is some better at this writing. 1 I Mr. Arne Sellers and Mr. Gus Low ery of Wexford attended services i here Sunday. i We hardly agree with the Uev. C. P. Chewning in regard to having the i best prayer meeting in the cammuni- i ty. Well, why, then? This is why. On Wednesday night, March 1G, Mr. i Chowri g count?d his people and he I said th re were '11 and 2 were asleep, i and that made 43 and Sunday night, < ? March the 20th the leader at David's > Grove counted his people and there ' were 44. One asleep, making 4f>. So we contend that the prayer services at - Utiviu s kj:ove is mo Dost in llio omi munity. If vou doubt u- bo at David's - Grove Sunday niirht at 7:80 and wo i will try to prove it to you. ? Mr. and Mrs. John Vnuphan and - children, of Radin, N. C., spent the week-end here with relatives and f lends. Mr. Vaujrhan sneaks of many of the iments of work shut down > up there and many men out of em? ployrnent. , Mr. Mack Jordu i spent Sunday in t Rockingham, N. C. i Mrs. E. II. Huneycutt of the Wexi ford community spent Monday here s with Mrs. I. R. Melton. Just a word about the egg hunt at . David's Grove Friday und the nice - program, through the leadership of r Mist Otis Gr'ggs, It was in every res peet a succciss. There were 2f>0 eggs i h'<ld n in the beautiful prove near the e church. \ Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stroud spent t Saturday ar 1 Sunday in Patrick with a home folks. J Small grain is looking fine in this i' .'oir.muhity. i 11 i id'or' W. \l t'. meets <>t Da - vid's Grove Thursday, March 31. A 1 full attendance is desired. 1 f I $h5).*>.00 put out at interest at 6 per rent., compounded annually, with a similinr deposit each ami every year, r under same conditions, will amount to y 7fi,0t)0.00 in thirty years; there are figures by the Superintendent of Edu. cation. ,, Ititf' > ! ,jL EX-GOVERNOR MANNING APPEALS TO FARMERS TO | REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE Columbia, Mar. 23.?An urgent appeal to the farmer.? of South Carolina to plant less cotton and more foodstuffs is made by former Governor Richard I. Manning in a statement issued yesterday. He declares that to plant another normal crop of cotion means hard times for every farmer and every business interest in the South. !IC urges that the banks lead the South to prosperity in the present crisis by insisting upon a radical .reduction in cotton acreage. The statement is. ued by Mr Manning follows:' "The South faces .a crisis. She b impoverished by the wealth in quantity of her eh;ef stnnle, cotton. "Let us know the truth and face the facta. "The government estimates cotton carryover on July 31, 1921 ;>t 9,855,208 bales. The Memphis committee estimates that if the cotton crop of 1921 shall he the same as thq crop of 1920, we will have a carryover on July 31, 1922, of 10,517,909 bales; enough cotton to last nearly two years. " 'Get it out of your mind that anything but the supply and world's ability to buy, fixes the price of cotton,' says Dr. Bradford Knapp. "Ir. 1920 South Carolina imported in coin, $15,000,000; hay, $10,000,000; meat, $20,000,000; flour, $20,000,000; eggs, $3,000,000, and so on, and other foodstuffs, all of which we can raise cheaper than wo can buy them with the money from cotton. "The cotton crop of 1920 was the most expensive crop ever raised. We made more than we could harvest, and have more low grade cotton than ever before. The price .has fallen from over forty cents to 10 cents basis middling. But, the cotton on hand will not average middling and tiie average price is much below 10 cents. Is there any business sense in raising any more low grade cotton? Cotton is below prewar price;. Fertilizers, labor, hardware, foodstuffs, and everything that is needed in making a crop are far above prewar nrices. Therefore, there is not a gambler's chance for profit in raising a normal crop this year. It is certain, unescapable loss. Land owners, share croppers and tenant farmers will all be subject to loss, as well as every other business interest in the Soutn. The South should and must continue to raise cotton, but it cannot do so unless it returns a living wage and a rair profit to the producer. "The remedy is self-evident. "The Memphis plan prov ides that i two-thirds of the cultivated area] -.hould be in food and feed crops Find one-third of the area in cotton. This plan will increase food production. There is an excess supply of cotLon, more than the world can buy. It is, therefore, good business for us to ieduce cotton production by reducing cotton acreage. Every agency that i.i.'l convince the cotton producer of the necessity of reduction should be actively engaged. "Our banks must be looked to as leaders in this proposition. To th< m farmers turn for advice, for help and For credit. The hanks have saved the ; South from bankruptcy by hold ngj cotton from a market in which there ; is little demand. In this acute crisis .hoy c in leaf! the South to prosperity by insistinc- on a radical reduction in | cotton acreage. "To plant another normal crop means hard times for every lamer and every business in the South. To plant U s cotton, mi ar.s better grade of cotton and more money. 'Ihe producer will then be iml ndent, and the South will come into its own and enjoy the fiut of it-: lain . Have v.e the courage a ad bu.-ine s sense to face the facts and adopt this plan?" START REMOVING. AMERICAN DEAD FROM ROMAGNE Work on removing the bodies of American soldiers buried in the cemetery at Romagne, France, has started, according to an .announcement from the War Department. More than 22,000 Yanks who lost th live; in the Mouse-Argon ne offens vo are buried' n t! :s, the largest Ann ricar com dory! overyear. ' he shipment of tlu- e bodies to the United States will be expedited far as possible and will be "delayed only by ujveve weather cord tions. In all, there wr\? 7->,*K2 American dead over: ens, of whom 1.1,01 6 have iien returned to this country. Renin ^is have been received by the War Deivi tnmn? to a'lo v 'O.SOi bodies to ie t permanently in the fields of hon or in France, but this number is hanging all the time. Definite instructions have been received regarding 0,040 bodies and there are 2."?,K12 whose final resting place is not yet fully decided. Of all the dead, only 1,240 remain midei fine.! and thc work of identiVir" th o is being bent up with good results. The Graves Registration SorAre ex poets to cut this number todess than 100 in a short time. It is estimated ,pow that 40 per cent, of the dead will remain overseas in the ground they hallowed while 60 I per cent, will be brought home at the] request of relative#, I STATE NEWS Edmund D. ltingham, charged with killing his brother and four others, was found guilty of murder of his brother in Florence last Tuesday and sentenced to die April 8. Violet Shaw, aged sixty, colored woman, and her grandson, Otis Fewell aged fourteen, were lodged in jail in York Tuesday night charged with fleecing Miss Margaret Thomason, .ealthy woman of Ebenezer, out of >3,500 during the past live months by . U J S ? uuuuuoinR ana nypnotic methods. Other negroes are believed to be inolved in the conspiracy to rob Miss Thomason. ? The partly decomposed body of a white man was found late Saturday ifternoon in a creek near Brown's Lridge in Fairfield county. G. H. Mahon, Jr., commander of Ihe South Carolina Department of the American Legion, has received information from the legion national headquarters that Ben C. Ilogue, legion national field organizer, who has succeeded in obtaining thousands of members for the legion in the South, will inaugurate a campaign in this S'ate April 5. "Live at Home," "Why Raise Low Grades?" "Not a Bale Below Strict Middling," arc slogans that should be adopted by all cotton farmers, declares David R. Cokor, of Hartsville, in an interview made public by the South Carolina Cotton Association. These slogans, Mr. Coker declares, J 'will take us out of the woods more quickly than many imagine." RUBY ITEMS Mr. AI ere r Blnckwell, who is workinn in the drug store hero, spent Sun-i lay at his home in Pageland. The Junior class of the Baptist Sunday School enjoyed an egg hunt at the Sellers Pond Saturday afternoon. Miss Edith Oliver of Mt. Croghan, spent the week-end lure with Misses j Arie Smith and Chaworth Griggs. | Among those who were home for. Easter were Misses Ethel Griggs, of i Coker, Ruth Smith, of near Patrick, M"ssrs. James Millard and Carson i Griggs, of the University of S. C. and J. B. Smith, o? Wake Forest. The children of the Presbyterian j Sunday School enjoyed an egg hunt at the church Saturday afternoon. Several from here attended the! play at Cross Roads Friday night. j The Missionary Society of the Baptist Church renderd a nice piogram Sunday afternoon on missions. Misses Eva and Valentine Edgoworth of Pageland, spent the week end here with relatives. Mr. John Huntley, Sr., of Patrick, is spending a while with his son, Mr. John lluntley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Threatt of Cheraw, spent the week-end with relatives here. I SQUIRE TEAL SENDS TIVE TO THE GANG On last Tuesday die chain jrar.tr re- I coved five much needed recruits.' They were sent up by Magistrate Teal for terms ranging from 30 to 90 days. Ira Harris, Bridge Cash and Robert I-lowers got into trouble by aiding j Andy Flow rs to escape from the, chain gang oa last Saturday night. All four were arrested Monday by Deputy Sho;i:F*C. Jim Solb-rs. At their trial on Tan: .ley before Magistrate Teal, the.* wiu'e sent up for 30 days each. Will Blakeney Was arrested for vagrancy and carrying concealed weapons. llo was given 90 days on the ) ;) n ir# James Harris swiped an overcoat on M". C. R. Brock and was sentenced to 30 days. - is ike strand i THURSDAY i CHARLES RAY In "45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY" - ?1 FRIDAY EUGENE O'BRIEN ! n "SEALED HEARTS" SATURDAY WILLIAM FAYKttSU AM ?In? "THF. STRUGGLER" ? MONDAY 1' 'i'c Special TUESDAY SHIRLEY MASON -In? "Tf'F. GIRL OF MY HEART" WEDNESDAY 1 "TO PLEASE ONE WOMAN" Paramount Special T THURSDAY "COURAGE OF MADGE O'DOONE" Vitaprnph Special I iilDAY -- ----- ? "CHORUS GIRL ROMANCE" SOME FIGURES FROM ! THE COUNTY TREASURER I want to say in the beginning I am in favor of water-works for two reassons. First because; I*don't think we ! could do anything tl.at would be of any more benefit to the town. Second because I think the town is able to afford it. I wiTl admit we have been hit hard by the financial crisis, also by fires. We have $288,000 worth of property on the tax books and a 10 mill levy will raise $5,472. The interest on bonds will be $4,500 and a sinking fund of $895 a year will retire the bonds. Therefore, we will have to raise $5,395 each year for 30 years in order to retire the bonds. We nav each year in insurance about $.'50,000 and it has been estimated that we would save 15 per cent, on this amount which would be $4,500. So you can see after j all our expense each year would only I lie $895 and 1 know we can afford ! this. I have the assessed value of every one's property in town and I also have the per cent he would save on insurance and would be glad to show each one what it would cost him. Now, let's all be good citizens, lay prejudice aside and if we think it will help us, vote for it. On the other hand, if we do not, vote against it. If we start now there will be no tax to pay until the fall of 1922. Our town, with the system proposed, will have pure water and proper sew rage, thereby decreasing sickness and saving medical bills. We will then have adequate fire protection, the insurance rate will be reduced; tie estimates made by experts show that the whole town can have water and proper sewerage for a sum not exceeding the proposed bond issue. J. A. Welsh. i>. F. Brock, Fred C. Coward and E. N. Clark have been appointed Rural Policemen, and have received their commissions from the Governor and will assume their duties April 1st. Mr. Brock will he stationed at Cheraw, Mr. Coward at McBee and Mr. Clark \t Pamelarul. These officers will work under the direction ol' SherirT J. T. Grant. C?Ie)) CIGARETTE No cigarette has the same delicious aver as Lucky Strike. Because Li \j Strike is the toasted cigarette. I (^1 jKZlL tiCtzg A. F. DAVIS MARKET The Finest Fresh Meals The Best Fancy Groceries I High Grade Canned Goods The Best of Everything for tho !A'T DAVIS MARKET I <f'DAKERS ? Co'uvt developing means letter pictures. Send your ' kodak films to us and get the best. Columbia Studio, 142."$ Main street, C lumbia, S. C. Write for price list. :t?M7 NOTICE TO PENSION APPLICANTS N'etive is hereby given to all Confederate soldiers and to the widows ,x such ddiers who are not on the >' nsioii r< II and who desrie to bo en? lit (S to apply at once to the Hoard >f Honor for this county, as the honI or roll fur this county must be in the | kinds of the Comptrolh v (leneral by ist of April. Section 2 of the Pension Ael passed at the last session of the iien era 1 Asscrnby provides as fol ow?: "Section 2. That said Honor Roll >nsist of nl! soldiers, sailors, militiamen and widows of such soldiers or aili.rs who were married prior to January 1000, if they have attained he arc of 50 years and were on the Pension Roll of the State prior to 1910, including inmates of the Con.edeiT.te Home, and also enrolled dur'. iff 1919, and surh as may hereafter enroll under this Act." M. J. Hough, Probate Judge and Kx. Off. Secretary. W. D. Craig, Chairman, L. L. Spencer, J. W. Ousley, County Board of